Month July 2020
Despite reports that Israel is gaining control of the second wave of the coronavirus, the number of people infected with the virus continues to rise. As of Friday morning, Israel… Read more » The post Israel Passes 500 Fatalities From… Continue Reading →
Britain’s health secretary has defended a decision to reimpose restrictions on social life in a swath of northern England. Matt Hancock told Sky News that while he understands it is… Read more » The post U.K. Minister Defends Reimposed Restrictions… Continue Reading →
Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday as data and corporate earnings capture dismal portrayals of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on world economies. Market players are monitoring financial reports… Read more » The post Asian Shares Fall as Data,… Continue Reading →
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ruled out negotiations with the United States over Tehran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs on Friday and urged Iranians to resist U.S. pressure. “America’s… Read more » The post Iran’s Khamenei Rejects Talks With… Continue Reading →
A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night. But that doesn’t mean the results will be flawed or fraudulent, as President Donald Trump suggested on… Continue Reading →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are under increasing pressure from lawmakers to boost testing for the coronavirus in the Capitol, an idea they have so far rejected because of concerns about the availability of tests… Continue Reading →
The entire Washington-based federal appeals court is stepping into the legal dispute over former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn as it weighs whether a judge can be forced to dismiss a case that the Justice Department no longer wants… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Nachamu, Nachamu, Ami.. This week starts the first of the 7 comforting Haftorahs. We launch it with the words of Yishayahu HaNavi said in the streets of Yerushalayim. Being joyous and celebrating Shabbos Nachamu… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and some of its Republican allies in the Senate are signaling they want to extend, at least temporarily, a $600-per-week expanded jobless benefit that has helped keep families and the economy afloat during the… Continue Reading →
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Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over their market power and alleged monopolistic practices. All four were affected by the pandemic, although in strikingly different ways…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JNS) – Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) wrote to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday calling on him to designate the Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs and its director Qadri Abu Bakr as sponsors of terror because of their… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Thursday that it found mostly minor errors during a review of more than two dozen applications for national security surveillance warrants, suggesting the problems were less serious than the Justice Department inspector general had… Continue Reading →
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Four New Jersey counties are now on a daily hotspot report from the US Department of Homeland Security. In total, the list currently identifies 98 hotspots across 30 states. The newly-added New Jersey counties are Burlington County, Camden County, Mercer… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump met Thursday with the family of a soldier who investigators say was slain on the Texas Army base where she was stationed, saying it is a “terrible story” and that he would help with funeral expenses. The… Continue Reading →
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County’s top prosecutor announced Thursday that he will not charge the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a dramatic decision that could reopen old wounds amid a renewed and… Continue Reading →
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who last month became the nation’s first COVID-19 patient to undergo a double lung transplant said Thursday that she woke up days later, unaware about the surgery and unable to “recognize my body.” Mayra… Continue Reading →
Tonight, Motzoei Tisha B’Av, will be cloudy and/or rainy. There is a good chance to see the moon around 10pm until about 11. Cloud cover will be 45%. DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS (currently hitting Florida) THERE WILL BE LOTS… Continue Reading →
Deepen your understand of the Holy City with a unique tour of the Old City of Jerusalem in a fascinating 1 hour and 12 minute tour that will teach you things you didn’t know about the city’s thousands of years… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S.-funded global media has ordered an investigation into the posting of a video package featuring former Vice President Joe Biden on a Voice of America website and affiliated social media accounts. Agency for Global… Continue Reading →